Paternity: Related Laws

Alabama

• Alabama Code > Title 26 > Chapter 10C - Putative Father Registry
• Alabama Code > Title 26 > Chapter 17 - Alabama Uniform Parentage Act
• Alabama Code > Title 26 > Chapter 17A - Reopening of Paternity Case Based On Scientific Evidence

Arizona

• Arizona Laws > Title 25 > Chapter 6 - MATERNITY AND PATERNITY PROCEEDINGS
• Arizona Laws > Title 25 > Chapter 9 > Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention
• Arizona Laws > Title 25 > Chapter 10 - LEGITIMACY OF CHILDREN

California

• California Codes > Family Code > Division 12 > Part 2 - PRESUMPTION CONCERNING CHILD OF MARRIAGE AND GENETIC TESTING TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE
• California Codes > Family Code > Division 12 > Part 3 - UNIFORM PARENTAGE ACT

Connecticut

• Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 815y - Paternity Matters

Delaware

• Delaware Code > Title 13 > Chapter 8 - Uniform Parentage Act

Florida

• Florida Statutes > Chapter 88 > Part VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention
• Florida Statutes > Chapter 742 - Determination of Parentage

Hawaii

• Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 577E - Commission on Fatherhood
• Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 584 - Uniform Parentage Act

Idaho

• Idaho Code > Title 7 > Chapter 11 - Proceedings to Establish Paternity

Illinois

• Illinois Compiled Statutes > 750 ILCS 46 - Illinois Parentage Act of 2015

Indiana

• Indiana Code > Title 31 > Article 14 - Family Law: Establishment of Paternity

Iowa

• Iowa Code > Chapter 252F - Administrative Establishment of Paternity
• Iowa Code > Chapter 600B - Paternity and Obligation for Support

Kansas

• Kansas Statutes > Chapter 23 > Article 22 - Parentage Act

Kentucky

• Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 406 - Uniform Act On Paternity

Maine

• Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 1552 - Obligations of father
• Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 1553 - Enforcement
• Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 1554 - Limitation on recovery from father
• Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 1555 - Limitations on recovery from father's estate
• Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 1556 - Remedies

Michigan

• Michigan Laws > Chapter 722 > Act 205 of 1956 - The Paternity Act
• Michigan Laws > Chapter 722 > Act 159 of 2012 - Revocation of Paternity Act

Minnesota

• Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 257 - Children; Custody, Legitimacy

Nevada

• Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 126 - Parentage

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 168-A - Uniform Act On Paternity
• New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 522 - Blood Test to Determine Paternity

New York

• New York Laws > General Obligations > Article 5 > Title 15-A - Designation of Person in Parental Relation
• New York Laws > Family Court > Article 5 - Paternity Proceedings

North Carolina

• North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 49 - Children Born Out of Wedlock
• North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 52C > Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention

North Dakota

• North Dakota Code > Chapter 14-19 - Paternity Acknowledgment

Ohio

• Ohio Code > Chapter 3111 - Parentage

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 15-8 - Uniform Law on Paternity

South Dakota

• South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 25 > Chapter 8 - Paternity Proceedings

Tennessee

• Tennessee Code > Title 36 > Chapter 2 - Paternity

Utah

• Utah Code > Title 78B > Chapter 15 - Utah Uniform Parentage Act

Vermont

• Vermont Statutes > Title 15C - Parentage Proceedings

Virginia

• Virginia Code > Title 20 > Chapter 3.1 - Proceedings to Determine Parentage

Washington

• Washington Code > Chapter 26.26 - Uniform parentage act
• Washington Code > Chapter 26.26A - Uniform parentage act
• Washington Code > Chapter 26.26B - Miscellaneous parentage act provisions

West Virginia

• West Virginia Code > Chapter 48 > Article 24 - Establishment of Paternity

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 767 > Subchapter IX - Paternity
• Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 769 > Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention